Pieprzony los Kataryniarza

Pieprzony los Kataryniarza ("The Screwed-up Fate of an Organ-Grinder") is a 1995 science fiction novel by the Polish science fiction writer Rafał Ziemkiewicz. It was published in Poland by superNOWA. The novel received the prime Polish award for science-fiction literature, Janusz A. Zajdel Award, in 1995.

The novel has a cyberpunk theme. It is set in the 21st century Poland, and its protagonist is a hacker who suddenly stumbles upon documents that may affect the future of Europe and the world.

In the world of the novel, "organ-grinder" is a slang term for the "indirect controller", an operator of the World Net, whose actions resemble the kranking of the street organ.

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gollark: I do actually have some cool ideas for analyses I could run which would be easier if i had the data in a consistent format.
gollark: You can set an authentication callback thing to make it safe™.
gollark: Well, you should have an API which lets me run arbitrary SQL commands on the database, so I can generate my own reports.
gollark: I think you could make a cooler UI for showing all of them.
gollark: Oh, it's guesses *for a particular solution*.
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